Demonstrators began to gather around 7 p.m. and about a dozen tents had been erected as of 9:45 p.m., Brooks said.

Brooks said she did not know if the lawn was “technically bank owned property” or if it still legally belongs to the former occupant but she said the former occupant was contacted and it was “with her full blessing this is happening.”

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The encampment at the foreclosed home is in response to the current economic climate and sends a message to big banks, Brooks said.

“They made the economy impossible to survive in…You created this, why are we suffering?” Brooks said.

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